Mars chronology: Assessing techniques for quantifying surficial processes

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 313-337

  Doran, Peter T ^a   Clifford, Stephen M ^b   Forman, Steven L ^a   Nyquist, Larry ^c   Papanastassiou, Dimitri A ^d   Stewart, Brian W ^e   Sturchio, Neil C ^a   Swindle, Timothy D ^f   Cerling, Thure ^g   Kargel, Jeff ^h   McDonald, Gene ^d   Nishiizumi, Kunihiko ⁱ   Poreda, Robert ^j   Rice, James W ^k   Tanaka, Ken ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^k ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Chronology; Dating; Mars; Surficial processes

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 5444237528     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (114)

1. Acuna M.H. et al. Global distribution of crustal magnetization discovered by the Mars Global Surveyor MAG/ER experiment Science 284 5415 1999 790-793
2. Aharonson O. Zuber M.T. Rothman D.H. Schorghofer N. Whipple K.X. Drainage basins and channel incision on Mars Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99 4 2002 1780-1783
3. Aitken M.J. An Introduction to Optical Dating 1998 Oxford Univ. Press New York 280 pp
4. Alley R.B. et al. Visual-stratigraphic dating of the GISP2 ice core: basis, reproducibility, and application Journal of Geophysical Research 102 C12 1997 26367-26381
5. Bada J.L. McDonald G.D. Amino acid racemization on Mars: implications for the preservation of biomolecules from an extinct Martian biota Icarus 114 1995 139-143
6. Baker V.R. The Channels of Mars 1982 University of Texas Press Austin
7. Baker V.R. et al. Ancient oceans, ice sheets and the hydrological cycle on Mars Nature 352 1991 589-594
8. Baker V.R. Carr M.H. Gulick V.C. Williams C.R. Marley M.S. Channels and valley networks in: Kieffer H.H. Jakosky B.M. Snyder C.W. Matthews M.S. eds. Mars 1992 493-522 University of Arizona Press Tuscon
9. Banerdt W.B. Golombek M.P. Tanaka K.L. Stress and tectonics on Mars in: Kieffer H.H. Jakosky B.M. Snyder C.W. Matthews M.S. eds. Mars 1992 249-297 University of Arizona Press Tuscon
10. Bender M. et al. Climate correlations between Greenland and Antarctica during the past 100,000 years Nature 372 6507 1994 663-666
11. Berman D.C. Hartmann W.K. Recent fluvial, volcanic, and tectonic activity on the cerberus plains of Mars Icarus 159 1 2002 1-17
12. Blichert-Toft J. Gleason J.D. Telouk P. Albarede F. The Lu-Hf isotope geochemistry of shergotties and the evolution of the Martian mantle-crust system Earth and Planetary Science Letters 173 1999 25-39
13. Bogard D.D. Clayton R.N. Marti K. Owen T. Turner G. Martian volatiles: isotopic composition, origin, and evolution Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 96 2001 425-458
14. Brandon A.D. Walker R.J. Morgan J.W. Goles G.G. Re-Os evidence for early differentiation of the Martian mantle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64 2000 4083-4095
15. Cabrol N.A. Grin E.A. Distribution, classification, and ages of Martian impact crater lakes Icarus 142 1 1999 160-172
16. Cabrol N.A. Grin E.A. The evolution of lacustrine environments on Mars: is Mars only hydrologically dormant? Icarus 149 2 2001 291-328
17. Cardell G. Taylor M.E. Stewart B.W. Capo R.C. Crown D.A. A combined laser ablation-resonance ionization mass spectrometer for planetary surface geochronology Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIII 2002 (abstract #2047)
18. Carr M.H. Formation of Martian flood features by release of water from confined aquifers Journal of Geophysical Research 84 1979 2995-3007
19. Carr M.H. Mars: a water-rich planet Icarus 68 1986 187-216
20. Carr M.H. Retention of an atmosphere on early Mars Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 104 E9 1999 21897-21909
21. Carr M.H. Clow G.D. Martian channels and valleys: their characteristics, distribution, and age Icarus 48 1981 91-117
22. Cerling T.E. Craig H. Geomorphology and in-situ cosmogenic isotopes Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 22 1994 273-317
23. Chen J.H. Papanastassiou D.A. Wasserburg G.J. Re-Os systematics in chondrites and the fractionation of the platinum group elements in the early solar system Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 19-20 1998 3379-3392
24. Chen J.H. Papanastassiou D.A. Wasserburg G.J. Re-Os in lunar soils and meteoritic siderophiles on the lunar surface Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, XXXII 2001 Abstract #1479
25. Christensen P.R. et al. Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on mars by the thermal emission spectrometer: evidence for near-surface water Journal of Geophysical Research 105 E4 2000 9623-9642
26. Christensen P.R. Bandfield J.L. Smith M.D. Hamilton V.E. Clark R.N. Identification of a basaltic component on the Martian surface from Thermal Emission Spectrometer data Journal of Geophysical Research 105 2000 9609-9622
27. Clifford S.M. et al. The state and future of Mars polar science and exploration Icarus 144 2 2000 210-242
28. Connerney J.E.P. et al. Magnetic lineations in the ancient crust of Mars Science 284 5415 1999 794-798
29. Costard F.M. Kargel J.S. Outwash plains and thermokarst on Mars Icarus 114 1995 93-112
30. Creaser R.A. Papanastassiou D.A. Wasserburg G.J. Negative thermal ion mass spectrometry of osmium, rhenium, and iridium Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 55 1 1991 397-401
31. Curtis D.B. Wasserburg G.J. Transport and erosional processes in the Taurus-Littrow Valley; inferences from neutron fluences in surface soils in: Merrill R.B. et al. eds. Proceedings of the Eighth Lunar Science Conference, Planetary and Lunar Surfaces 1977 3045-3057 Pergamon New York
32. Dohm J.M. et al. Latent outflow activity for western Tharsis, Mars: significant flood record exposed Journal of Geophysical Research 106 E6 2001 12301-12314
33. Dohm J.M. et al. Ancient drainage basin of the Tharsis region, Mars: potential source for outflow channel systems and putative oceans or paleolakes Journal of Geophysical Research 106 E12 2001 32943-32958
34. Eberhardt P. Eugster O. Geiss J. Marti K. Rare gas measurements in 30 stone meteorites Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung 21a 1966 414-426
35. Eugster O. Tera F. Burnett D.S. Wasserberg G.J. The isotopic composition of Gd and the neutron capture effects in samples of Apollo 11 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 8 1970 20-30
36. Fain J. et al. eds. Proceedings of the 6th International Specialist Seminar on Thermoluminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating: Part I. Methodology Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements vol. 18 1991 Pergamon New York 283 pp
37. Farley K.A. (U-Th)/He dating: techniques, calibrations, and applications in: Porchelli D. Ballentine C.J. Wieler R. eds. Noble Gases in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 47 2001 819-844
38. Forman S.L. Pierson J. Lepper K. Luminescence geochronology in: Sowers J.M. Noller J.S. Lettis W.R. eds. Quaternary Geochronology: Methods and Applications Reference Shelf 2000 157-176 American Geophysical Union Washington
39. Goldspiel J.M. Squyres S.W. Ancient aqueous sedimentation on Mars Icarus 89 1991 392-410
40. Golombek M.P. Banerdt W.B. Tanaka K.L. Tralli D.M. A prediction of Mars seismicity from surface faulting Science 258 5084 1992 979-981
41. Gooding, J.L., 1990. Scientific guidelines for the preservation of samples collected from Mars. TM-4184. NASA Technical Memo
42. Greeley, R. and Guest, J.E., 1987. Geologic map of the eastern equatorial region of Mars. U. S. Geological Survey Misc. Invest. Series Map I-1802-B
43. Halliday A.N. et al. Applications of multiple collector-ICPMS to cosmochemistry, geochemistry, and paleoceanography Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 6 1998 919-940
44. Hartmann W.K. Neukum G. Cratering chronology and the evolution of Mars Space Science Reviews 96 1-4 2001 165 194
45. Hartmann W.K. et al. Evidence for recent volcanism on Mars from crater counts Nature 397 6720 1999 586-589
46. Hartmann W.K. Anguita J. de la Casa M.A. Berman D.C. Ryan E.V. Martian cratering 7. The role of impact gardening Icarus 149 1 2001 37-53
47. Head J.W.I. et al. Oceans in the past history of Mars: tests for their presence using mars orbiter altimeter (MOLA) data Geophysical Research Letters 25 1998 4401-4404
48. Head J.W. et al. Possible ancient oceans on Mars: evidence from Mars orbiter laser altimeter data Science 286 5447 1999 2134-2137
49. Ivanov B.A. Mars/moon cratering rate ratio estimates Space Science Reviews 96 1-4 2001 87-104
50. Ivanovich M. Harmon R.S. Application to Environmental Problems. Uranium Series Disequilibrium 1982 Clarendon Press Oxford 1-301 pp
51. Jagoutz E. Sorowka A. Vogel J.D. Wanke H. ALH 84001: alien or progenitor of the SNC family Meteoritics 29 1994 478
52. Jakosky B.M. Jones J.H. Evolution of water on Mars Nature 370 1994 328-329
53. Jakosky B.M. Phillips R.J. Mars' volatile and climate history Nature 412 6843 2001 237-244
54. Jakosky B.M. Reedy R.C. Masarik J. Carbon 14 measurements of the Martian atmosphere as an indicator of atmosphere-regolith exchange of CO2 Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets 101 E1 1996 2247-2252
55. Kargel J.S. Strom R.G. Ancient glaciation on Mars Geology 20 1992 3-7
56. Kargel J.S. et al. Evidence of continental glaciation in the Martian northern plains Journal of Geophysical Research 100 1995 E5351-E5368
57. Kuzmin R.O. Greeley R. Rafkin S.C.R. Haberle R. Wind-related modification of some small impact craters on Mars Icarus 153 1 2001 61-70
58. Langevin Y. Arnold J.R. The evolution of lunar regolith Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 5 1977 449-489
59. Lee D.-C. Halliday A.N. Core formation on Mars and differentiated asteroids Nature 388 1997 854-857
60. Lepper K. McKeever S.W.S. Characterization of fundamental luminescence properties of the Mars soil simulant JSC Mars-1 and their relevance to absolute dating of Martian eolian sediments Icarus 144 2 2000 295-301
61. Lucchitta B.K. Ferguson H.M. Summers C.A. Sedimentary deposits in the northern lowland plains, Mars Journal of Geophysical Research, Supplement vol. 91 1986 E166-E174
62. Malin M.C. Edgett K.S. Evidence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars Science 288 5475 2000 2330-2335
63. Malin M.C. Edgett K.S. Sedimentary rocks of early Mars Science 290 5498 2000 1927-1937
64. Malin, M.C., et al., 1997. Seepage and ponding within a Southern Hemisphere crater. NASA's Planetary Photojournal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/), PIA01433
65. Malin, M.C., et al., 1998. Polar structures. NASA's Planetary Photojournal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/), PIA02071
66. Malin, M.C., et al., 1999. Evidence for recent liquid water on Mars: gullies at 70°S in polar pit walls. NASA's Planetary Photojournal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/), PIA01034
67. Malin, M.C., et al., 2000. Evidence for recent liquid water on Mars: "weeping" layer in Gorgonum Chaos. NASA's Planetary Photojournal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/), PIA01032
68. Malin M.C. Caplinger M.A. Davis S.D. Observational evidence for an active surface reservoir of solid carbon dioxide on mars Science 294 5549 2001 2146-2148
69. Malin, M.C., et al., 2001. Ancient layered rocks in Schiaparelli Crater. NASA's Planetary Photojournal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/), PIA03177
70. Malin, M.C., et al., 2002. Athabasca Vallis streamlined "Islands". NASA's Planetary Photojournal (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/), PIA04051
71. Masarik J. Reedy R.C. Production of cosmogenic nuclides in SNC meteorites in the Martian surface (abstract) Lunar and Planetary Science 1995 901-902
72. Masarik J. Nishiizumi K. Reedy R.C. Production rates of cosmogenic helium-3, neon-21, and neon-22 in ordinary chondrites and the lunar surface Meteoritics and Planetary Science 36 5 2001 643-650
73. Masursky H. Boyce J.M. Dial A.L. Schaber G.G. Strobell M.E. Formation of Martian channels Journal of Geophysical Research 82 1977 4016-4038
74. McCleese, D.J., Greeley, R., MacPherson, G., 2001. Science Planning for Exploring Mars. Publication 01-7. NASA JPL
75. McKay C.P. Davis W.L. Duration of liquid water habitats on early mars Icarus 90 2 1991 214-221
76. McSween H.Y. et al. Chemical, multispectral, and textural constraints on the composition and origin of rocks at the Mars pathfinder landing site Journal of Geophysical Research 104 E4 1999 8679-8715
77. Meese D.A. et al. The Greenland ice sheet project 2 depth-age scale: methods and results Journal of Geophysical Research 102 C12 1997 26411-26423
78. Mouginis-Mark P.J. Recent water release in the Tharsis region of Mars Icarus 84 1990 362-373
79. Murray B. et al. Preliminary geological assessment of the northern edge of ultimi lobe, Mars south polar layered deposits Icarus 154 1 2001 80-97
80. Mustard J.F. Cooper C.D. Rifkin M.K. Evidence for recent climate change on Mars from the identification of youthful near-surface ground ice Nature 412 2001 411-413
81. Neal C.R. Issues involved in a Martian sample return: integrity preservation and the Curation and analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials (CAPTEM) position Journal of Geophysical Research 105 E9 2000 22487-22506
82. Nedell S.S. Squyres S.W. Andersen D.W. Origin and evolution of the layered deposits in the Valles Marineris Mars 70 1987 409-441
83. Nicolussi G.K. et al. Isotopic analysis of Ca from extraterrestrial micrometer-sized SiC by laser desorption and resonant ionization mass spectroscopy Analytical Chemistry 69 1997 1140-1146
84. Nier A.O. McElroy M.B. Composition and structure of Mars' upper atmosphere: results from the neutral mass spectrometer on Viking 1 and 2 Journal of Geophysical Research 82 1977 4341-4349
85. Nishiizumi K. Reedy R.C. In situ cosmogenic nuclides on Mars Lunar and Planet Science Conference, XXXI 2000 Abstract #6119
86. 26Al exposure ages at meteor crater, Arizona Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 55 1991 2699-2703
87. Norizawa K. Kanosue K. Ikeya M. Radiation effects in dry ice: models for a peak on Arrhenius curve Applied Radiation and Isotopes 52 2000 1259-1263
88. Nyquist L.E. et al. Ages and geologic histories of Martian meteorites Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 96 2001 105-164
89. Parker T.J. Saunders R.S. Schneeberger D.M. Transitional morphology in West Deuteronilus Mensae, Mars-implications for modification of the lowland upland boundary Icarus 82 1989 111-145
90. Parker T.J. Gorsline D.S. Saunders R.S. Pieri D.C. Schneeberger D.M. Coastal geomorphology of the Martian northern plains Journal of Geophysical Research 98 1993 11061-11078
91. Pepin R.O. Evolution of the Martian atmosphere Icarus 111 1994 289-304
92. Petit J.R. et al. Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica Nature 399 1999 429-436
93. Pollack J.B. Kasting J.F. Richardson S.M. Poliakoff K. The case for a wet, warm climate on early Mars Icarus 71 No. 2 1987 203-224 (August)
94. Reedy R.C. Arnold J.R. Lal D. Cosmic-ray record in solar system matter Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 33 1983 505-537
95. Regelous M. Collerson K.D. Sm-147-Nd-143, Sm-146-Nd-142 systematics of Early Archaean rocks and implications for crust-mantle evolution Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60 18 1996 3513-3520
96. Rice J.W. Jr. Archibald S.M. De Hon R.A. Lower maja valles Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 19 1988 76-77
97. Righter K. Walker R.J. Warren P.H. Significance of highly siderophile elements and osmium isotopes in the lunar and terrestrial mantles in: Canup R. Righter K. eds. Origin of the Earth and Moon 2001 University of Arizona Press Tucson
98. Rotto S.L. Tanaka K.L. Geologic history and channeling episodes of the Chryse Planitia region of Mars (abstract) Lunar Planetary Science Conference vol. XXII 1991 1135-1136 Lunar Planetary Institute Houston, TX
99. Russ G.P. III Burnett D.S. Lingenfleter R.E. Wasserburg G.J. Neutron capture in Sm-149 in lunar samples Earth and Planetary Science Letters 13 1971 53-60
100. Sagan C. Toon O.B. Gierasch P.J. Climatic change on Mars Science 181 1973 1045-1049
101. Schoenberg R. Kamber B.S. Collerson K.D. Eugster O. New W-isotope evidence for rapid terrestrial accretion and very early core formation Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66 17 2002 3151-3160
102. Scott, D.H., Tanaka, K.L., 1986. Geologic map of the western equatorial region of Mars. US Geological Survey Misc. Invest. Series Map I-1802-A
103. Scott D.H. Rice J.W. Dohm J.M. Martian paleolakes and waterways: exobiological implications Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere 21 1991 189-198
104. Scott D.H. Rice J.W. Jr. Dohm J.M. Paleolakes and lacustrine basins on Mars Proceedings of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 22 1991 1203-1204
105. Sharp R.P. Malin M.C. Channels on Mars Geological Society of America Bulletin 86 1975 593-609
106. Sullivan R. Thomas P. Veverka J. Malin M. Edgett K.S. Mass movement slope streaks imaged by the Mars orbiter camera Journal of Geophysical Research 106 E10 2001 23607-23633
107. Swindle T.D. Could in situ dating work on Mars? Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII 2001 (abstract #1492)
108. Swindle T.D. et al. AGE (argon geochronology experiment): an instrument for in situ geochronology on the surface of Mars Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XXXIV 2003 #1488
109. Tanaka K.L. The stratigraphy of Mars Journal of Geophysical Research 91 1986 E139-E158
110. Tanaka K.L. Scott D.H. Geologic Map of the Polar Regions of Mars. I-1802-C 1987 U.S. Geological Survey Reston
111. Tanaka K.L. Scott D.H. Greeley R. Global stratigraphy in: Kieffer H.H. Jakosky B.M. Snyder C.W. Mathews M.S. eds. Mars 1992 345-382 University of Arizona Press Tuscson
112. Wilhelms D.E. The geologic history of the moon USGS Professional Paper vol. 1348 1987 U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 302 with plates pp.
113. Wintle A.G. Luminescence dating: laboratory procedures and protocols Radiation Measurements 27 1997 769-817
114. Woolum D.S. Burnett D.S. Furst M. Weiss J.R. Measurement of the lunar neutron density profile The Moon 12 1975 231-250